a whole lota fun!

"a scavenger hunt in an automobile"

here's something i planned for thanksgiving night with the in-law immediate family....

i typed up about 20 facts based on christmas trivia, from a paperback i found at goodwill... then i underlined a key word for each fact. next, the family was split into 3 groups and took their digitals or i-phones with them... and had 90 minutes to drive around and snap pictures of the key word. i instructed them to be as creative as they could. and creative, this bunch was!

one of the snaps tommie's group took, was of a local catholic chruch... the clue was; what christian faith believes jesus was born at the strike of midnight? according to the answer in my book it is the catholic church... so, the group brought back this picture! another bonus? we did this at night and all enjoyed seeing the christmas lights and decorations lit up all over town!

another task was... snap a picture of an ingredient not found in eggnog.... another was, an ox tongue used to be used in mincemeat pie... take a snap of a cow's tongue... all three groups waltzed into different grocery stores and held up cow tongues! my favorite was, what are the 9 ladies doing in the 12 days of christmas song? answer: dancing... one group went to walmart and asked a couple to dance for them... and the couple obliged and were excellent sports!

afterwards, we all went back to my in-laws and enjoyed pies and sharing each other's experience and pictures! it was beyond thrilling for me to see the family bonding and creating such good family memories... it was a beautiful start to my christmas season, that's for sure. nobody really expected a winner or prizes, but i did hand out candy bars to everyone! the family sincerely appreciated my efforts and clapped and hooted and hollered in appreciation afterwards. i am so lucky to have such good family on both sides. smile, wink, nod!